Automobile-hood.



O. S. WOOD.

AUTOMOBILE HOOD. v

PPLIQATION FILED OCT 16 190.?

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

(mo-M1441 combination of li i hllfi Pitillfi :Z'LAEENGE {3. W001), 015DETRQIT, MIHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, TO ERISSQE EIANUFAGTURING COMPANY, OFDETROIT, MICHIGAN A CGHEORATZON LIIGHIGAN.

AUTOMOEILE-HOOD.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, i912.

Application filed fictober 16, 1903. Serial No. 523,035.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it imown that I, CLARENCE S. W'ooo, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne end State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomobile-Hoods, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing l1 ad therein to the accompanying drawings.

llhe invention relates particularly to a sectional sheetmetal hooddesigned to cover and conceal the engine and other worming.

parts of the vehicle, and has for its object the production oi a deviceof this character having the requisite amount of rigidity to Withstandusage, and this without the usual internal reinforcing of parts.

With this end in view, the invention consists in the novel and simpleconstruction of the hood, in the peculiar arrangement and its parts, andin various de tails of construction as will bennore fully hereinafterset forth.

In the drawingq-lfigure 1 is a perspective view of a section of hoodmade in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of aportion of the top hinge, the parts being detached; Fig. 3 is a'silnilarView 01'? a hinge uniting the top with the in the drawings thusdesignates the hood top, comprising the sections B and (I, united at theridge by a hinge I), all of the sections of the hood being madepreferably of sheet metal. The hinge may be of any approved type, and Ihave here shown the same as formed by in tercngaging tubular members a,constructed to eline axially and to receive a suitable pint-lo Z E 13represent the complementary side portions.- Each is provided at itsupper briefiydescribed, a

- edge with a transverse abutment G formed ing tubular members upon theahutments, the parts being united by a pinlle, as (Z.

As thus constructed. outward or spreading inommcnt of the sides beyondthe posi tion they would occupy in the ordinary'pd sition of thestructure. is prevented, and a rigid and durable structure is producedwithout'the necessity of using internal reinforcements or braces.

What I claim as my invention is,-

1. In a hood, the combination wi h a top composed of complementarysections oonnected by e hinge extending longitudinally of the hood, ofsides, the outer side edge'of each complementary section and the upperend of the corresponding side being provided with inwardly extendingportions hinge together, said inwardly extending portions abutting iiithe operative relation of the hood parts to prevent outward or spreadingmovement of the sides beyond their normal position.

21311 a hood, the combination With a top composed of complementarysections connested by a hinge extending longitudinally of the hood, ofside the outer side edges of the complemeutai sections and the supperedges of the sides having inwardly extendins parallel flanges arrangedat substantially right angles to the planes of the sides, said flangeshaving their extremities shaped to form eyes, and pintles engaging saideyes, said parallel flanges cooperating in till; operative relation. ofthe hood parts to prevent outward or spr *adingmovement. of the sidesb6yOil(l 'i;l1Ql1 normul position.

3. In a vehicle hooththe combination with a top composed of sectionshinge l together, the opposite-side edges of the-hood having inwardlyextending lateral extensions formin; transverse ahutmeuts,o:tcomplementary siiloshaving their upper offsetto contaot with he topabutmcnts in the operative position oi. the hood, and hinges uniting thesides to the top formed by integral interenguging tubular members uponthe shutment, pintles engaging said members.

In testimony whereof I ailir; Juiture in presence of two witncs aCLARENCE S. Vt/OD.

